History Heartwarming / InvaderZim

* In Issue 14, [[spoiler: Gaz has to keep Dib from going into a depressive state for a certain amount of time in order to prevent him from exploding due to accidentally drinking a substance created by Membrane. It was her fault to begin with since she unknowingly slipped Dib the vile because he was hogging the TV and apparently it was Dib's turn to choose where the family went for dinner night (and of course Bloaty's was selling a pair of multi-pocket shorts that Gaz really wanted), but throughout the comic it's clear her major concern was making sure that Dib didn't explode and only brought up going to Bloaty's about once if any. She pretty much goes all out for this too by having her fellow gamers participate in an elaborate scheme posing as different cryptic creatures in order to make Dib feel like he is great paranormal investigator. And when it turns out that Dib's camera was on the wrong setting and he was afraid Batflaps would call him a fake again, Gaz goes straight to the guy's house and threatens him into giving Dib a good review. Needless to say that not only is Dib still alive by the end of the comic, he is also so grateful to Gaz that he lets her choose the restaurant.]]** While there can still be some debates on the topic of Gaz's overall character, this issue does hammer in an important note Jhonen had intended for her; she is certainly not the nicest person by a ''long'' shot (proven by the beginning and ending of the comic), but she will never go as far as to let Dib die despite how much she is annoyed by him.

** Indeed, Jhonen Vasquez himself found Dib's immediate family to be a little ''too'' cruel to be funny, and wanted to make them just a little bit nicer in the comics so the cruelty would be funnier.

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** Indeed, Jhonen Vasquez himself found Dib's immediate family to be a little ''too'' cruel to be funny, and wanted to make them just a little bit nicer in the comics (albeit so that the cruelty would be funnier.become even funnier).

* [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/20/oni-presses-teases-invader-zim-comic ZIM. IS. BACK!]]* A "blink-and-you-miss-it" moment from "Gaz, Taster of Pork" when Dib and Gaz are seen walking home hand-in-hand.

* Though they're usually no nicer to Zim, the kids at skool are often quick to call Dib out for [[CassandraTruth accusing him of being an alien just because he looks different]].

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* Though they're usually no nicer to Zim, the kids at skool are often quick to call Dib out for [[CassandraTruth accusing him of being an alien just because he looks different]]. One of them even sounds genuinely offended.-->"Man, Dib, you think just cuz someone looks different, you can call 'em an alien??"

Reason: The link to the comic announcement does not count as an example.

* ''Walk of Doom''. After Gir strands the two of them by replacing his guidance chip with a cupcake, Zim stars screaming at him... until he sees poor Gir in tears and, in a brief moment of humility, accepts this as an apology for stranding them decided to move on. Subverted, though, in that Gir was just sad that his cupcake was gone.

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* ''Walk of Doom''. After Gir strands the two of them by replacing his guidance chip with a cupcake, Zim stars screaming at him... until he sees poor Gir in tears and, in a brief moment of humility, realizes that getting mad at him won't solve their problem and accepts this as an apology for stranding them decided to move on.his apology. Subverted, though, in that Gir was just sad that his cupcake was gone.

** In an unfinished episode, Zim reacts to GIR appearing to have been turned... Well, you know, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E_1bvMjXr-w#t=30s just listen to it.]] This short scene is also a bit of a TearJerker.

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** In an unfinished episode, Zim reacts to GIR appearing to have been turned... Well, you know, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E_1bvMjXr-w#t=30s [[https://youtu.be/i4j4_NkmMdA?t=1m36s just listen to it.]] This short scene is also a bit of a TearJerker.

* In Issue 9, [[spoiler: after all of the ridiculous chores that Zim makes "Derb" do, he decides to reward "Derb" by bringing him to his special place: a miniature galaxy where Zim likes to spend personal time.]] Gets subverted in that [[spoiler: Zim also goes there to destroy the planets and then tries to get "Derb" to do the same.]]** At the comic's end, [[spoiler: Dib actually gets one positive comment out of the sea of hate. The commenter does admit they believe the video was fake, but they still said it was their favorite show and that Mothman was awesome.]]

** Taking a look at how the snarl beast was fighting or just being intimidating, one could possibly interpret it as [[spoiler: it really trying to protect Dib like a guard dog, or at the very least it never made any real attempt to harm Dib.]]

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** Taking a look at how the snarl beast was fighting Zim or just being intimidating, one could possibly interpret it as [[spoiler: it really trying to protect Dib like a guard dog, or at the very least it never made any real attempt to harm Dib.]]

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